[LINK] More fun in mainstream journalism

[Dan Tebbutt]

At 9:47 AM +1100 17/2/00, richard@auscoms.com.au wrote:
></nit-picking curmudgeon>
>
>>From Time magazine's otherwise decent coverage of the DDoS attacks:
>http://www.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,39177,00.html
>
>[big snip]
>>Choosing the right networks took time. About 50 were used for the Yahoo
>>attack;
>more were
>>employed in later hits. But once they were selected, activation was simply a
>matter of
>>uploading bits of code called daemons, similar to viruses, which bided their
>time in dark
>>corners of these remote networks until the hacker decided it was DOS Day.
>
>Imaginary editorial conversation:
>"What's a daemon?"
>"Dunno. Sounds nasty though."
>"Yeah, must be something like a virus."



my god! does that mean Web servers are "similar to viruses"? quick -
disconnect the Web!
</sarcasm>

dant

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